Researcher

Rachel Irwin

Institute: Lund University
Research area: Health, International development cooperation & coordination, Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Research region: Global
Open to collaboration with: All

About

I am a medical anthropologist and my research is on the history and politics of global health. I have two current projects on the history of the World Health Organization (WHO) and on Sweden's engagement in global health. I also research on reproductive health, including HIV and fertility treatment.

Previous research has included projects on health-related reporting in the media, European health policy, antimicrobial resistance, violence against health workers, and peace and conflict studies. 

Professional experience

Lecturing
10+ year(s) -
PhD defence
Supervision of Master’s students

Other experience

Collaboration with civil society organisations
Collaboration with government agencies
Lecturing and workshops

Personal institution page

Publications

Special Issue: Intersections and Transformations in Medical Humanities: Defining and Conceptualising New Paths

Ethnologia Europaea
Controlling Bacteria in a Post-antibiotic Era: Popular Ideas about Bacteria, Antibiotics, and the Immune System

Ethnologia Europaea
Politics, law and a lack of sperm: single women and fertility treatment in the Swedish health system

Anthropology & Medicine
Rituals of global health: Negotiating the World Health Assembly

Global Public Health
Lessons from Sweden’s feminist foreign policy for global health

The Lancet
Sweden’s engagement in global health: a historical review

Globalization and Health
Reforming the World Health Assembly

BMJ Global Health
Imagining the postantibiotic future: the visual culture of a global health threat

Medical Humanities